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A Case Study Of The Enterprise Zone Program: “Ez” Avenue To Minority Economic Development?, Sherri Wallace
A Case Study Of The Enterprise Zone Program: “Ez” Avenue To Minority Economic Development?, Sherri Wallace
Sherri L. Wallace
This article explores Pennsylvania’s enterprise zone program as an economic development strategy in one city—Philadelphia. Given the underlying corporate-centered focus of economic development policies, it focuses on whether such policies can effectively reduce the high rate of joblessness for central-city residents as well as increase the rate of business development for minority business owners. To have a long-term impact on minority communities, economic development policies should identify ways to increase minority economic development through entrepreneurship and job creation strategies.
Life On "Ez" Street: Linking Community Economic Development To The Empowerment Zones And Enterprise Community Policy Goals, Sherri Wallace
Life On "Ez" Street: Linking Community Economic Development To The Empowerment Zones And Enterprise Community Policy Goals, Sherri Wallace
Sherri L. Wallace
This is an examination of the literature on community economic development and its relation to the stipulated urban empowerment zone and enterprise community policy goals: economic opportunity, sustainable community development, community-based partnerships, and overall community strategic vision. The central argument is that community development and economic development are simultaneous occurrences. From this theoretical framework the Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities (EZEC) program emerges as an effective tool in assisting minority community economic development. Given this context, my objective here is to examine the nature and role of the EZEC program's key principles as a new revitalization strategy in urban revitalization …
Minority Procurement: Beyond Affirmative Action To Economic Empowerment, Sherri Wallace
Minority Procurement: Beyond Affirmative Action To Economic Empowerment, Sherri Wallace
Sherri L. Wallace
This is an inferential case study of minority procurement activity in Erie County situated in the ambivalent climate regarding the continuation of federal procurement policies to minorities.